Sports,Cricket
Travis Head made a valuable 59 and leg-spinner Adam Zampa took two cheap wickets as Australia beat England by 28 runs in the first Twenty20 international at Southampton Wednesday.Opening batsman Head's quickfire innings was the cornerstone of Australia's seemingly below-par 179 all out.But w...
Ace spinner Rashid Khan has been included in the Afghanistan squad for the three-match one-day series against South Africa this month, selectors said on Thursday.The 25-year-old leg-spinner missed the one-off Test against New Zealand in India, which is likely to be washed out after four days of rain...
Business & Commerce
Global oil demand grew at its slowest pace since 2020 in the first half of 2024 due to China's economic slump, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, prompting the IEA to lower its full-year forecast.Demand increased by 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the first six months of 2024, compa...
World
The death toll from a devastating landslide in northern Vietnam has risen to 22, with 73 people still missing, according to state media reports on Wednesday. The landslide, triggered by intense flash flooding from Typhoon Yagi, struck the remote mountainous village of Lang Nu in Lao Cai province on ...
Gaza's civil defence agency said early Tuesday that a strike on the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone in the Palestinian territory's main southern city of Khan Yunis killed 40 people and wounded 60 others, with the Israeli army saying it had hit a Hamas command centre in the area. Civil defence of...
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado vowed Monday to remain in Venezuela, a day after her colleague and presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia took up asylum in Spain claiming post-election repression."I have decided to stay in Venezuela and take part in the struggle from here while ...
Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and "onto the footy fields".Federal legislation to keep children off social media will be introduced this year, Anthony Albanese...
Sports,Football
Italy kept up their perfect start to the UEFA Nations League on Monday, while France got the better of Belgium and Erling Haaland struck a late winner for Norway against Austria.The Italians built on an impressive win away in France at the weekend as they beat Israel 2-1 in a game played on neutral ...
China's exports jumped in August but imports fell well short of expectations, data showed Tuesday, as the country's leaders struggle to boost consumption in the world's second-largest economy.Overseas shipments expanded 8.7 percent on-year last month, according to China's General Adm...
In the worst drought in southern Africa in a century, villagers in Malawi are digging for potentially poisonous wild yams to eat as their crops lie scorched in the fields."Our situation is very dire; we are starving," said 76-year-old grandmother Manesi Levison as she watched over a pot of...
Cristiano Ronaldo's late strike sealed Portugal's 2-1 win over Scotland as the 901st goal of the striker's extraordinary career completed a stirring fightback in Sunday's Nations League clash.Ronaldo had reached 900 career goals with his 131st international strike in Thursday's v...
The Israeli military said a truck driver opened fire Sunday at an Israeli border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan, killing three Israeli guards before being "eliminated" by security forces.The deadly shooting at the Allenby Bridge crossing, also known as King Hussein Brid...
The Russian army on Sunday said that it had captured a town in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow's forces are advancing on the strategic city of Pokrovsk.Russian forces have "liberated the locality of Novohrodivka" in the Donetsk region, some 20 kilometers from Pokrovsk city, Russia's ...
Sports,Tennis
Aryna Sabalenka said she felt "super proud" to win the US Open and claim her third Grand Slam crown with a thrilling victory over a gallant Jessica Pegula in a rollercoaster final on Saturday.World number two Sabalenka triumphed 7-5, 7-5 to add the New York title to her back-to-back Austra...
England interim boss Lee Carsley got off to an impressive start in a 2-0 win at the Republic of Ireland on Saturday, while Germany and the Netherlands scored five to begin their Nations League campaigns in style.The clash in Dublin showcased what might have been for the hosts as Declan Rice and Jack...
The price of the main international oil contract fell Friday to its lowest level since March 2023 as concerns about sluggish global growth outweighed a decision by major OPEC+ exporters to continue voluntary production cuts.Around 1610 GMT the price of a barrel of Brent crude had fallen 2.2 percent ...
In other South American qualifiers on Friday, Luis Suarez bade a frustrating farewell to international football as Uruguay were held to a 0-0 draw by Paraguay in Montevideo.Suarez, 37, announced on Monday he was stepping down from international duty after a glittering 17-year career for Uruguay that...
Taylor Fritz fought back to defeat compatriot Frances Tiafoe at the US Open on Friday, becoming the first American man to reach a Grand Slam final in 15 years.Fritz, the world number 12, won 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 and will take on top-ranked Jannik Sinner for the title on Sunday."He overwhelme...
North Korea has floated hundreds more trash-filled balloons southward, Seoul's military said Saturday, the latest salvo in the two countries' tit-for-tat campaigns of provocation and propaganda.North Korea has launched more than 900 trash balloons over the past three days, including about 19...
World,Front Page
At least 17 pupils have died after a fire ripped through their school dormitory in central Kenya, police said Friday."There are 17 fatalities from this incident and there are also others who were taken to hospital with serious injuries," police spokesperson Resila Onyango.BBC adds; Kenya&#...
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